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  • Kent and Irene Martin live and breathe Wahkiakum County

    Riley Yuan Chinook Observer|Jul 17, 2025

    I have lived in 10 cities in the last 10 years, spurred from one to the next by whim, wanderlust, and the need for gainful employment. Of these, eight were within the contiguous United States. The other two were on tropical islands at least half an ocean away. My hometown of Boston, which is not on the list, is where I spent the first 17 years of my life. Ithaca, where I went to college, is the only place on the list where I've lived for longer than two. This semi-nomadism suits me in some ways...

  • Conserve or harvest: Balancing rural economies with preserving old forests

    Riley Yuan Chinook Observer|Apr 3, 2025

    The "Super Truckin Sorts timber sale" is three miles east of Cathlamet, on state forest land - lands that counties acquired through tax foreclosures before deeding them over to the state for management. It comprises 100 acres of century-old hemlock and, should it survive a legal challenge from an environmental group, is projected to net just shy of $1.8 million for Wahkiakum County's general fund. The "Auger In timber sale" is two miles north of Pluvius on state trust land - federally granted...